2014 York Region Shooters season

The Canadian Soccer League's strained relationship with the Canadian Soccer Association continued before the launch of the 2014 season with the CSA expelling the CSL from its membership over alleged violations of rules and regulations.^[3] After failing to specify which rule violations were made the CSL in response filed litigation against the CSA.^[4] As a result the league began operating as a private league under the auspicious of the Soccer Federation of Canada.^[5]

Before the launch of the season York Region formed an affiliation deal with Winstars Academy Group.^[6] The agreement officially aligned the academy to the York Region Shooters, and launched a team in the Second Division as the Winstars Shooters.^[7] Changes were made to the managerial team with former player Darryl Gomez given the mantle of head coach, with Tony De Thomasis serving as his assistant coach.^[8] Gomez constructed his roster with imports with Caribbean and European experience along with several Canadian Interuniversity Sport players.

The season marked a historic milestone in the organization's history as they managed to produce a perfect season, and a team record of only 15 goals conceded. York Region became the second team in the league's history to achieve a perfect season including the CSL Championship. In the Second Division their reserve team finished third in the standings. At the conclusion of the season accolades were given to Darryl Gomez as the Coach of the Year.^[9]

As of March 14, 2014.^[8]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ITA Emanuelle Ameltonis [10] 2 DF  CAN Gerard Ladiyou [11] 3 DF  JAM Ricky Herron 5 MF   Mahmoun Mirsadeghi 6 DF  CAN Fitzroy Christie [12] 7 MF  JAM Richard Edwards 9 MF   Yora Enzam 10 FW  CAN Adrian Pena [13] 11 FW  CAN Kadian Lecky [14] 13 MF   Aundrae Rollins 14 FW  CAN Tristan Jackman [15] 15 MF  ESP Xavi Pérez 18 DF  CAN Dino Gardner 19 FW  CAN Oswald Adu [16] 20 FW  JAM Richard West 21 MF  SCO Hector Mackie [17] 22 GK  CHI Camilo Benzi [18]

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 MF   Mario Orestano 25 DF   Larry Miller 77 DF  CAN Desmond Humphrey [19] 99 DF  CAN Ryan Dummett [20] - MF  CAN Dylan Bams [21] - MF  CAN Mehdi Barati Mahvar [22] - MF  JAM Marcelino Blackburn [citation needed] - MF   Kevin Blackford - MF   Babjide Fatoba - MF   Roland Gavin - GK  CAN Adrian Ibanez [23] - MF   Nico Martinez - DF  DOM Wilson Martínez - MF   Aaron Reeves - MF  CAN Jamil Thompson [24] - DF   Nathan Smith - MF   Acha Wisdom

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Source
21	MF	Hector Mackie	Hayes & Yeading United F.C.	Free Transfer	[25]
	MF	Marcelino Blackburn	Arnett Gardens	Loan	[26]
	FW	Aleksandar Stojanovski	Metalurg Skopje	Free Transfer	[27]

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Source
	FW	Nicola Di Sanza	ASD Rotunda Maris	Free Transfer	[28]
	GK	Yasuto Hoshiko	Kingston FC	Free Transfer	[29]